Front drive, do I need council permission?

LilMissSunshine

Hello
I live on a corner and the road is semi busy but not a main road and thr road to the side is just a quiet residential road. I'm planning on converting my front garden into a driveway using block paving. Knocking down walls for access, there is a dropped kerb on the corner for pedestrians to cross the road. Do I need to get permission to use that existing dropped kerb? 

Browntoa

Yes , dropped kerb for pedestrians not a car.

Possibility it could be turned down if not considered safe to allow it

EssexExile

Best ask your council, they all have different policies. Around here they don't seem to care too much but other places can be fussy. I think you need planning permission if you are newly paving over 5 square metres.

LilMissSunshine

Thanks, there is a 'manhole' or services cover and the area I've drive over isnt paving blocks but 'tarmac' black material. I'll call up and check

frogglet

Has this been posted somewhere else at some point as I seem to remember a similar question with photos.

greatcrested

Unlikely to get permission for a dropped curb on a corner.

Only one way to find out.

Soot2006

greatcrested said:

Unlikely to get permission for a dropped curb on a corner.

Only one way to find out.

This.

But as per a previously poster, in some areas they don't care. Here, they only care if the parish council make a fuss. Otherwise they ignore everything, including kerb ramps and plywood "driveways" over grass verges ...